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Dec 28 2009

Usual Suspects by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Archetype, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Past Future, furniture, history, interior design
[caption id="attachment_1332" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="June 1961 Playboy"][/caption] This is a photo from Playboy, June 1961. It shows George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, and Jens Risom casually seated next to their famed creations all in the same photo shoot. It's just about 2010, which means nearly 50 years have come and gone from the time of that iconic photograph and nearly every recent architecture & design periodical I pick up is littered with Eames chairs inside, Bertoia chairs outside, and Nelson tables and clocks in every nook and cranny. They're fantastic pieces and I ...
May 28 2009

Peel P50: Smallest production car in history by David Goligorsky
Design, Engineering, Past Future, Pragmatism, Product Design, history, transportation
[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Peel P50"][/caption] Peel Engineering Company produced 50 of these microcars during the early 1960's on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. They are the smallest cars ever to go into production. It's got three wheels, one door, a 49cc engine with a three speed manual transmission. A Peel P50 could do 38 mph at max speed and weighed in at 130 lbs with a claimed fuel consumption of 100 miles to the gallon. Kind of amazing. Check out this article about the car in the Daily Mail. There have ...
Apr 30 2009

Come a long way, kinda by David Goligorsky
Apple, Art, Associative Thought, Code, Computers, Iconoclasm, Interaction Design, Music, Past Future, Remix, Software, video
Check out this "record player" iPhone app. The author, Theodore Watson, threw it together in one morning. I really like projects that get the point across quickly. It's a build-to-think mode and sparks dialogue (like this blog post) that gets people thinking about how to use what's around them. At Free Art and Technology, via NOTCOT
Apr 23 2009

1947 (yes, really!) Nissan Tama Electric Vehicle by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Engineering, History of Design, Japan, Past Future, Science, Sustainable Design, history, transportation
[caption id="attachment_1151" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="1947 Nissan Tama"][/caption] 22 MPH top speed with a range of 40 miles.
Aug 08 2008

Seeing Eye to Eye with Moscot by David Goligorsky
Design, Past Future, Society of the Gentleman, fashion, history
[caption id="attachment564" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Moscot"][/caption] Established in 1915 in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Moscot's is still producing fantastic eyewear in the traditional style. Prices are reasonable, to boot. New York is home to three storefronts. [caption id="attachment562" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Yukel by Moscot"][/caption] [caption id="attachment568" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Zelig by Moscot"][/caption] [caption id="attachment570" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Nebb by Moscot"][/caption]
Jun 02 2008

Li Edelkoort on the future of design by David Goligorsky
Associative Thought, Books, Design, Inspiration, Past Future, Product Design, Quotes, Sustainable Design
In an introduction to Kenya Hara's Designing Design, the chairwoman of the Design Academy Eindhoven, Li Edelkoort, writes a monumental declaration of the future of design, which I find extremely relevant and valid: [...] the major movement of the future will merge everything that stands in stark contrast today: young and old, minimal and decorative, healthy and naughty, ecology and technology, craft and industry, natural and synthetic, abstraction and narrative.
May 15 2008

Raymond Loewy “Never Leave Well Enough Alone” by David Goligorsky
Books, Design, Engineering, Graphic Design, History of Design, Inspiration, Literature, Past Future, Product Design, Quotes, history
Raymond Loewy was one of the founding fathers of industrial design (along with Walter Dorwin Teague and Henry Dreyfuss) and his work has doubtlessly had a place in the lives of nearly every American. In the heyday of Raymond Loewy Associates, the company was working on products, brand identities, transportation, and other fields. His graphic design has become familiar in the logos for Shell, US Postal Service, International Harvester, the packaging for Lucky Strike cigarettes, and others. Designs were made for the interior of the Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft as well as Air Force One. His ...
Dec 06 2007

Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Car by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Design, Engineering, History of Design, Past Future, Product Design, patents
Core77 just posted a link to a great collection of information on the Buckminster Fuller-designed Dymaxion car.
Oct 30 2007

Failed Predictions for the Future by David Goligorsky
Past Future
Wikipedia has a page that lists many failed predictions for the future. (via BoingBoing) "A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere." -- New York Times, 1936.
Sep 24 2007

1955 Predictions for the Future by David Goligorsky
Misplaced Thoughts, Past Future, Quotes
It is possible that telephones will have miniature television tubes, so that the person at the other end can be seen, perhaps holding a diagram that is pertinent to the conversation or showing off a newborn babe for Grandpa's examination, back in Iowa. Mail will probably be dispatched across the country by guided rockets, a civilian application of the guided missile. By this means a letter could span the continent in half an hour. [...] Wireless transmission of power is possible today, but is not economic. Atomic energy may provide cheap enough power to make it feasible. [...] The use of ...

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